Discipline of Health Behaviour Science and Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviour, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, University Drive Callaghan, Newcastle, 2308 NSW, Australia.
BMC Public Health. 2012 Jun 29;12:491. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-491.
Parents play a critical role in their children's introduction to alcohol. A range of parenting factors have been associated with the progression to risky drinking among adolescents, and have recently formed the basis of the Australian 'Parenting Guidelines for Adolescent Alcohol Use' designed to help parents delay or reduce their adolescents' alcohol use.
This study aimed to explore the experiences and attitudes of parents of adolescents to gain insight into: (1) the extent to which the behaviours of parents follow the recommendations made in the guidelines; and (2) approaches to reduce hazardous drinking among adolescents. Thirty-two telephone and face-to-face interviews were conducted with parents, and the content of discussions was examined using thematic analysis.
Parents used approaches they thought would minimise harm and promote healthy development in their children. The guidelines address key areas of concern for parents but their adherence to these approaches is low in certain areas. Many parents provided some alcohol to their adolescents and often cited the social norm of drinking among their adolescents' peers as a source of pressure to supply.
Further dissemination of the guidelines may be the first step in a public health strategy, but it is likely that parents will require support to effectively adopt the recommendations. Understanding the influences on parents' beliefs about their children's drinking and the functions of social networks in the creation of behavioural norms relating to alcohol consumption and supply may be necessary to address adolescent risky drinking.
父母在孩子接触酒精方面起着至关重要的作用。一系列父母因素与青少年向危险饮酒行为的转变有关，这些因素最近构成了澳大利亚“青少年饮酒父母指南”的基础，旨在帮助父母延缓或减少青少年的饮酒行为。
本研究旨在探讨青少年父母的经验和态度，以深入了解：（1）父母的行为在多大程度上遵循指南中的建议；以及（2）减少青少年危险饮酒的方法。对 32 名父母进行了电话和面对面访谈，并使用主题分析方法检查了讨论的内容。
父母采用了他们认为可以最大限度减少伤害并促进孩子健康发展的方法。该指南涉及父母关注的关键领域，但他们在某些方面对这些方法的遵循程度较低。许多父母给他们的青少年提供了一些酒精，并且经常将青少年同伴饮酒的社会规范作为提供酒精的压力来源。
进一步传播指南可能是公共卫生策略的第一步，但父母可能需要支持才能有效地采用这些建议。了解父母对孩子饮酒的信念的影响以及社交网络在创造与饮酒和供应相关的行为规范方面的作用，可能对于解决青少年危险饮酒问题是必要的。
